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Fouress Mine

Past Producer in Lincoln county in Washington, United States with commodities Molybdenum, Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Geologic structures
  11. Ore body information
  12. Controls for ore emplacement
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Ownership information
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. General comments
  20. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10042392
MRDS ID M060160
Record type Site
Current site name Fouress Mine
Alternate or previous names Pitney Butte, Spokane Molybdenwm
Related records 10180513

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -118.18027, 47.88513 (WGS84)
Elevation 579
Relative position 16 MILES NORTH OF DAVENPORT WASHINGTON

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lincoln(county)

Washington(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McCoy Lake(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Coulee Dam(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ritzville(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Spokane(hydrologic unit)

Spokane(hydrologic accounting unit)

Kootenai-Pend Oreille-Spokane(hydrologic subregion)

Pacific Northwest(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management OR)

Bureau of Land Management OR BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Washington Lincoln

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Willamette 28N 37E 32 Washington

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary
Silver Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Lead Secondary
Copper Secondary
Uranium Tertiary

Comments on the commodity information

  • SCATTERED MOLYBDENITE OCCURS IN BLOTCHES OF PEGMATITIC MATERIAL AND IN QUARTZ VEINS. URANIUM IS IN BLACK SOFT MATERIAL.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result SMALL SHIPMENT 0.04 OZ AU/TON, 81 OZ AG/TON, 1.63% PB, 5.65% ZN, 0.68% CU

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
    Rock unit name Quartz Monzonite
    Rock description Quartz Monzonite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -118.18027, 47.88513
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description N. 65 Deg. W., 80 Deg. Ne. And N. 75 Deg. E., 70 Deg. Se.

Ore body information

  • General form POD, LENTICULAR
    Strike N. 50 DEG. W.
    Dip 80 DEG. NE.
    Thickness 1.22M
    Length 182.88M

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Two Zones Of Fractures: N. 65 Deg. W., 80 Deg. Ne. And N. 75 Deg. E., 70 Deg. Se.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1902
Year of first production 1941

Mining district

District name Egypt Mining District

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Fouress Mines, Inc.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Unknown
    Length 528.83M
    Overall depth 106.68M

Comments on the workings information

  • PROPERTY EXPLORED BY TWO ADITS, VERTICAL SHAFT, AND SEVERAL SURFACE CUTS.

Comments on development

  • THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE MINES IN AREA BUT THESE APPARENTLY CONSIDERED TO BE ONE COMBINED PROPERTY UNDER TWO NAMES: FOURESS AND SPOKANE MOLYBDENUM.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    PURDY, C. P. JR., 1954, MOLYBDENUM OCCURRENCES OF WASHINGTON: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. RPT. INV. 18, P. 31-34

  • Deposit

    BECRAFT, G. E., AND WEIS, P. L., 1963, GEOLOGY AND MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE TURTLE LAKE QUADRANGLE, WASHINGTON: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 1131, P. 69 AND PL. I.

  • Deposit

    HUNTTING, M. T., 1956, INVENTORY OF WASHINGTON MINERALS - PART II, METALLIC MINERALS: WASHINGTON DIV. MINES AND GEOL. BULL. 37, V. 1, P. 269 AND 363

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ZONES OF FRACTURES ARE 750 FT. AND 600 FT LONG: SCATTERED OUTCROPS ALONG THESE ZONES CONTAIN QUARTZ AND SILICIFIED QUARTZ MONZONITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-OCT-1973 Puffett, Willard P. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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